Space saver maximum speed

john_holmes

First thing I did was to measure the wheel well in the boot then put the Space Saver on Ebay, replacing it with a full size wheel and tyre, If your car is bargain basement you get a compressor and foam, no good with a slashed sidewall or cracked rim, further up the spec you may get a space saver, 50 mile @ 50 mph max, not much good with 200 miles to travel at night, then pay through the nose to replace, diy method, visit a scrap yard or ebay, fit a full sized spare and press on regardless

abacab

john_holmes wrote: »

First thing I did was to measure the wheel well in the boot then put the Space Saver on Ebay, replacing it with a full size wheel and tyre, If your car is bargain basement you get a compressor and foam, no good with a slashed sidewall or cracked rim, further up the spec you may get a space saver, 50 mile @ 50 mph max, not much good with 200 miles to travel at night, then pay through the nose to replace, diy method, visit a scrap yard or ebay, fit a full sized spare and press on regardless

One of our cars came with a can of foam.
First thing I did was look on ebay,got a decent S/H full size wheel and tyre,plus jack kit for under £60.

AdrianC

jase1 wrote: »

What I don't understand is why they put the 80kph stickers on full-size spares as well.

My car came with an unused spare, with a brand-new Bridgestone tyre, the same size as all the other wheels, albeit steel. The tyre is exactly the same as any other of its size, so why the 80kph?

Following threda-resurrection, I notice nobody ever answered this.

It may well be due to the different wheel material. Sounds odd, but alloys usually use different shaped wheelnuts to steels, so a steel spare on an alloy-equipped car will probably have non-optimal wheelnut seats, to save you from having to use different nuts. That may well compromise the ability to use it to the full speed potential, hence slapping the big yellow sticker on to highlight the temporary nature.

Iceweasel

john_holmes wrote: »

First thing I did was to measure the wheel well in the boot then put the Space Saver on Ebay, replacing it with a full size wheel and tyre, If your car is bargain basement you get a compressor and foam, no good with a slashed sidewall or cracked rim, further up the spec you may get a space saver, 50 mile @ 50 mph max, not much good with 200 miles to travel at night, then pay through the nose to replace, diy method, visit a scrap yard or ebay, fit a full sized spare and press on regardless

The 'bargain basement' bit is not quite true.

For example most UK spec BMWs come with run-flat tyres - even the cheapest of them and no spare.

It's only the top of the range ones M models that get conventional tyres and a 'Mobility Kit' which is the compressor and bottle of latex type fluid.

Darkmatter must have not seen this post yet or he'd be putting you right.